Device for handling sealing-paper.



UNITED SrArne ANDREN W. ANDERSON PATENT oFFiCE.

, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS DEVICE FOR HANDLING SEALING-PAPER.

Application filed Jane 3,

To (llt whom it may concern Be it lcnown that I, Annan* lV. AxurasoN, a citizen of the llnited States, restoing at Chicago, in the county of Cook. and State of llhnols. hare invented eertain new and useful linlnoreinents in leriees. tor

Handling Sealing-Paper, of which the tollowing is a full, clear.y concise. and exaet description, reterenee being had to the accompanying drawings., forming' a part of thisl specification.

My invention relates to deriees for handlinef sealingr paper and has special reference to the handling ot paper ati-ips for use in the Sealingy ot pael-fagesi.

The obj :t ot' my invention is to provide a Cheap, iinple and etlieient devire 'for handlingr sealhngr paper. in which gunnned strips of paper nai-d in the sealing` of parl(- ages can he oarried tht-rehyt can he witlr drawn therel'ront. and can he nioistjened and eut in the length desired, so as to lue applied ley hand to the par-Rage desired to he sealed.

ln (.onueetion with the, device, l provide means for carry-in;r a plurality ot rolls; ot gulnn'ied paper, eaeh roll heine' separated freni the other roll or rolls hy lneauS of :separatingplates'. The deriee is 5o arranged that it may he readily adjusted to carry one, two or more rolls` as desired.

Another essential feature of nay device is that the position of the guiding rollers tor the paper strips may la: readily adjusted to suit any requirement..

The several features ot in v invention will more clearly appear' from the '.ieeoinpant'- ing,r drawings, in which-- Figure l ifs' :t Side elevation ot' the tlerir-e eoniplete; liig. 2 is a top plan view ot the saine; liao'. il is a longitudinal sa ,tion taken on the line 3 f3 of Fig'. and Fig, 4 is a lSide vien of one of the adjustable roller supporting plates used in Connection with my device.

vSimilar numerals refer to similar parts -throughout the `several views.

AS illustrated in the drawings, l represents the base haring r east integral therewith the roll supports 2 and 3. Slots 4 and 5 are formed in the supports 2 and 9, respeet-ivelyf to receive the ends of a threaded rod t3) as tflearly Ishown in Fig. 2. This rod 6 adapted to he passed through the spool or bleek upon which the paper strips are wl ad. In the drawings, I have Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 14,1913.

1912. serial No. 7oi,112.

t shown two rolls; T and F mounted upon the i rod t3. On either side ol' eat-h of the rolls is '-diisposed a pate ft. Nuts 1t) and 1l earried hy the rod (l serre to position the rolls upon the saine. Upon the upper :saul'are ol' the t hase and near the left-hand end thereof, there is a plurality ol" lues: l2. These lugs lerre to retain the plates fl in porsition rel atirel'y' to their adiarent rollr.

(last integrally with the hase 1 are the well Supportol lil and ll which earry the well l5, within whirh is mounted the roller lt). l 'the roller lt).y whieh if: preterahly ol' wood.y is mounted in hearings; l'ornted in the well easing'.

Vl prel'er to talt'e the paper stripe, oll the rolls lroln tl-tlop as shown in the drawings. As: it ia neeessary that. the gunnned paper he earried over the niorstened roller- It?? l provide guide rollers 1T and i8. 0n eaeh ol' tlnl well supports ll and lvl. there is. seeured a roller earlringr plate if). 'lhese pl: tes. are. retained in position hy holts; Q0, 52th and tluunh nuts, fil. 2l. ln eaeh of the plate lil i` an elongated opening eonforined to rereire the end of two rollers.las shown in l"ij f. fl. i fsi ean readily lie Seen lzy referringr to the drawings. the position et the rol| rs. l`{ and lft may he adjusted hy loosening' tlnl nutsl "2l, il and liy Inovin"r the plates lfl. lil into proper position and there ,sei-urine' tht-in hy tighteningr the nuts. `Another :nlvantage ol' the guide roller tlfe Fael that the paper .strips may he placed lit-.tween the. guide rollers t7 and 18 very readily. lVlnn the ntrips are to he plaeed lietween the guide rollers.y the platesl if), ll) are turned until the openings have been inowd heyond the edge ol' the supports lil and l 'l`he rollt-r l? ran then he removed. llvlten the strips ha ve heen placed over the rolIer 1S. the roller i7 i5 replaced and the plateisi l?) then moved liael( to the desired postition and there. seein-ed hy tightening the nutrs Q1, 2l. 'lhe topsI ofthe supports i3 and lll are preferably redueed in thieknesa` shown atV 23 in Figure 3., in Order that. the plates lf) may he flush with the lower portions of the Supr'iorts.

The means I have shown for supportingr the guide rollers are Snel) that they permit of eonaiderahle-saving in the manufacture of my device. 'lhe rollers 17 and 18 need not have reduced bearing portions as 'is usually the case, but may be plain bars of supportin;r arrangement ahore referred to is Pin each of saidplates,

uniform diameter throughout their entire length. The elongated slot 22 which receives the ends of the rollers 17 and 18 allows the said rollers to automatically adjust themselves to any thickness of paper.

Carried by the top of the supports 13 and 14 is the cut-ting knife 24, to which no further refereny need be made,

lVhile I have shown my invention in the particular arrangement herein described, it is to be understood, however, that other equivalent constructions may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a base, a pair of roll supports carried thereby, a pair of well supports carried by the base, a well carried by said well supports-a pair of guide roller supporting plates bolted to each of said well supports, an elongated slot and a pair of guide rollers each consisting of a single metal bar ol uniform diameter throughout, each having an end bearing in each of said slots, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a base, a pair of roll supports carried thereby, a pair of well supports carried by said base, a well carriedby said well supports, a pair of adjustable guide roller supporting plates secured to each of said Well supports, each oi said plates having an oblique end adapted to engage with a correspondingly beveled portion of the well supports, an elongated slot formed in each ofasaid plates, and a pair of guide rollers beating in each of said slots, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 31st day of May, A. D., 1912. 40

, ANDREN W. ANDERSON.

Witnesses: Y

LEONARD W. NVANDER, ALBERT G. MoCALE. 

